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USAT News Beverage Vending Machines Equipped with USA Technologies' VM2iQ(R) First Rebuilt Models to Qualify for ENERGY STAR(R)
MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USA Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board:USAT) reported today that five
vending machine models from Vendo and Dixie Narco, two major U.S.
manufacturers, are the first rebuilt refrigerated beverage vending
machines to qualify for ENERGY STAR.
The five models are the first to meet the ENERGY STAR requirements after
being refurbished with USA Technologies’
VM2iQ. This technology reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
“The ENERGY STAR qualification highlights how
quickly and easily older machines can be refurbished and made more
efficient to extend their life and deliver greater competitive advantage,”
said Larry Eils, Executive Director, National Automatic Merchandising
Association (NAMA). “This is important
recognition of the vending industry responding to the need to lower
energy consumption, and taking firm action to help reduce C02 emissions.”
USA Technologies was the first company to launch an EnergyMiser®
conversion program, which offers a turnkey package of technology and
services to help bottlers take advantage of the new ENERGY STAR
specification for rebuilt vending machines.
There are four million refrigerated vending machines in the US alone,
and of that installed base, about 200,000 are refurbished and rebuilt
each year.
“We are excited that the first models to be
ENERGY STAR qualified are equipped with our VM2iQ technology,”
said Stephen P. Herbert, President and COO, USA Technologies. “Our
Company is very pleased to be working with the EPA and the vending
industry to address energy consumption and CO2 emissions in this
tangible and systematic manner.”
An ENERGY STAR qualified rebuilt vending machine consumes 40% less
energy than a standard vending machine, which uses 3,000 kilowatt-hours
annually, saving customers approximately $130 per year.
The following models have been retrofitted with the VM2iQ technology in
order to meet ENERGY STAR energy performance requirements: Vendo 720 &
840, Dixie Narco 368, 501 and 600.
Rebuilding extends machine life, avoids the cost of safe disposal of
inefficient machines, and helps bottlers meet their environmental goals
by lowering energy consumption and C02 emissions. The estimated cost of
refurbishing an existing machine with VM2iQ technology to meet ENERGY
STAR requirements varies between $100 - $400.
USA Technologies’ EnergyMiser product line
lowers energy consumption in vending machines and coolers by up to 45
percent.
For questions regarding the EnergyMiser Conversion Program, please call
USA Technologies, 888.521.6982, or logon to www.usatech.com.
About USA Technologies:
USA Technologies is a leader in the networking of wireless non-cash
transactions, associated financial/network services and energy
management. USA Technologies provides networked credit card and other
non-cash systems in the vending, commercial laundry, hospitality and
digital imaging industries. USA Technologies is an IBM Business Partner.
The Company has marketing agreements with Cingular Wireless, Honeywell,
Blackboard, and ZiLOG Corporation. For further information on USA
Technologies, please visit www.usatech.com.
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With the exception of the historical information contained in this
release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements
that involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually
impact the matters herein described, including but not limited to, the
ability of the Company to increase revenues in the future due to the
developing and unpredictable markets for its products, the ability to
achieve a positive cash flow, the ability to obtain orders for its
energy management products , the ability to obtain new customers and the
ability to commercialize its products, which could cause actual results
or revenues to differ materially from those contemplated by these
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